Time to reassess our nine-year war

Despite the bipartisan consensus, Australia’s role in Afghanistan is demonstrably counterproductive, writes Brian Toohey

04 Aug 10 | Comments (0)

Climate policy has stalled. So, what now?

With the government and the opposition treading water, Brian Toohey looks at alternative ways forward

08 Jul 10 | Comments (1)

Julie Bishop was (half) right

The convention that neither side of politics comments on the operation of intelligence agencies benefits the agencies and the government (and sometimes the opposition) but no one else, writes Brian Toohey

03 Jun 10 | Comments (2)

Disregarding Henry

Funds from the planned super-profits tax on mining could have been used much more productively, argues Brian Toohey, and key Henry report recommendations deserved early implementation

06 May 10 | Comments (0)

Dealing with China

Building Australian submarines would compound the defence white paper’s mistaken view of the threats Australia faces, writes Brian Toohey

07 Apr 10 | Comments (2)

Big cuts and little cuts

It’s not so much the size of government spending that counts – it’s the quality, writes Brian Toohey

02 Mar 10 | Comments (1)

An exotic answer to a real world problem

There are more straightforward ways of moving towards a low-carbon future, argues Brian Toohey

02 Dec 09 | Comments (1)

The novelists who kicked the hornets’ nests

Two novels, two realities. Brian Toohey looks at what fiction can tell us about governments and human rights

03 Nov 09 | Comments (1)

Shortchanging the “greatest moral challenge”

The vast spending gap between compensation and renewable energy demonstrates a lack of federal government commitment to dealing with climate change, writes Brian Toohey

07 Oct 09 | Comments (6)

The inheritor

John Faulkner will have his hands full cleaning up after other people’s mistakes, writes Brian Toohey

01 Sep 09 | Comments (0)